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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;4to2centBC, post: 2266816, member: 76181&quot;]Yes, indeed, you did. I will recount the story here in pieces. As some have already mentioned, it was a painful thing to go through. But it does have some upside to it all. I was asked once to document it and I never really have. If you indulge me, I will do it here, now, for anyone interested to hear my little tale.</p><p><br /></p><p>Part I</p><p><br /></p><p>I started collecting ancients about 10 years ago. I stumbled across an ancient coin on ebay and it rekindled a childhood interest in coin collecting. I was not going to trust an ebay seller so I found some good dealers and bought by first coin from Freeman and Sear. It was a $425 ATG. Over the next 3-4 years, I collected about 15 very nice coins when I hit a money crunch and had to sell most of them. I only mention this because, as you will see, this is my third attempt to build a collection and this initial sale effects the story later on.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>BTW my first ancient</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]451042[/ATTACH] </p><p><i>AR tetradrachm (17.24 gm). Macedonia (Amphipolis), ca. 334 ca. 323 BC. (possibly 325-323BC per Alex B) Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress / Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter, stern in left field. Price 5. A few minor planchet flaws around Heracles’ ear. Extremely fine</i></p><p><i>Ex Commander David R. Hinkle Collection. Freeman &amp; Sear Mail Bid 12 Oct 28, 2005</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Of the coins I sold, one had been more special than the others and I priced it high hoping it would not sell. In fact, when the others sold, I no longer had to sell this special coin so I contacted the dealer to pull the coin from sale. I was a couple days too late and the coin had just sold and shipped. I was pretty upset. I had money, but I wanted the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p><i>Here is that coin</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]451044[/ATTACH] </p><p><i>AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (24mm, 11.89 gm, Die Axis 1:00). Ephesus mint. Struck 24-20 BC. IMP. CAE-SAR, bare head right / AVGVSTVS, capricorn right, head left, holding cornucopiae; all within laurel wreath. References: BMC (Vol. I) No. 696; CBN (Vol. I) 916; RIC (Vol. I) 480; RPC (Vol. I) 2213; RSC (Vol. I) 16; <b>Sutherland Group VI No. 239 (O33/R43) THIS COIN (illustrated). </b>Toned. Satin brown patina. Silver highlights</i></p><p><i><b>Sutherland plate coin (The Cistophori of Augustus)</b></i></p><p><i>Ex Rodolfo Ratto Sale, Lugano Switzerland (<b>Feb. 8, 1928</b>), Lot 1719</i></p><p><i>Ex Lempertz (23 February 1939), lot 960.</i></p><p><i>Ex CNG via private sale</i></p><p><i>Ex John Malcolm Hayes Collection (corinthstater.com) </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>I have to stop here for now...........</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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